To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether figures for the United Kingdom's defence equipment holdings have been made publicly available prior to publication in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation publication, "Conventional Forces in Europe: The Facts", dated November 1988.

No.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make it his Department's practice to publish the United Kingdom's equipment holdings, as set out in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation publication, "Conventional Forces in Europe: The Facts", in subsequent editions of the Statement on the Defence Estimates.

There are no current plans to do so. The annual Statements on the Defence Estimates already contain extensive information on United Kingdom forces.